Globe-trotting Grovers: First Family Outing as a Family of Four

our story

It all began on the evening of Nov 29th 2003, at former Chat Noir French Restaurant in Costa Mesa, CA. Brad approached me [Jana] and we instantly connected; it was love at first sight. The next 4 years that followed were a whirlwind of romance, growing pains, and adventures. We circled the globe, traveling to South America, Europe, and Asia. Then one night, Brad surprised me with a romantic beachside proposal. We made it official on August 23rd 2008 with an intimate wedding at a hip art gallery in Laguna Beach. A year later we finished redesigning our home in the beach village of Corona del Mar.

On May 18th, 2010, we were blessed with a sweet little miracle of our own, our baby boy Taj Leon. He stole our hearts and took our breath away! Then, 19 months later, his incredible little brother, Jax Franz, arrived on Christmas morning (December 25th) 2011. What an amazing gift we received! In an effort to slow down the clock and enjoy our beautiful family, in Spring of 2012, we sold our CA seaside home and moved across the country to our dream lake house in Brad's hometown of Bemus Point, a resort village on Chautauqua Lake in Western New York! Even though we are living a more slow paced life, we are living a life far from ordinary!

From the West Coast to the East Coast, our Grover family adventures continue! So won't you come along and join us on this journey of love, family, and travel we like to call our La Vida Grover!

Friday, January 13, 2012

First Family Outing as a Family of Four

First family outing as a family of four. Try saying that a few times and it starts sounding like a tongue twister! We had our first family outing as a foursome last weekend (on Jax's 2nd weekend of his life.) It had been a warm week leading up to a nice weekend so we thought it was the perfect time to take both boys and stroll around Fashion Island (plus we had some errands and shopping to do!). We met up with my sister, brother-in-law, and Chloe (whom Taji is completely obsessed with, its his favorite person in the whole wide world!) and they treated us to a wonderful dinner at no other than Great Maple! Sound familiar? This was where we celebrated Jax's impending birth with our friends and family! It was awesome to go back now with him out of my belly and nice to be welcomed and greeted by the waiters and event planner that were there the night of our celebration dinner!

Brad with the boys, we LOVE our musty duoseat tandem stroller!

Baby Jax rides in the bassinet behind Taji..... no need for carseat either so its lightweight, and he is snuggled in his own "sleeping bag".

At Great Maple, Taj with his idol!

Can't see Jax, but he was there as well I swear! (in the stroller.... he slept his way through dinner)

Then the following day, we celebrated our 3rd Christmas this year! We not only had our Czech Christmas Eve, Christmas Morning (the 26th) as a family of four, but last weekend we had a Christmas Dinner & Program with Brad's side of the family (Sherry and the family were in Mexico during Christmas so we had to wait until they got back.) What a lucky boy Taj must have felt, and confused as well!